Africa Archive

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Monday, 16th March 2020, met with the leadership of Parliament, at Jubilee House, the seat of the nation’s presidency, to discuss wide-ranging issues bordering on the Coronavirus pandemic. With the Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Hon.

Government has condemned the abnormal increase in prices of goods and services on the Ghanaian market. At a stakeholder meeting in Accra, the Minister for Information Kojo Opppong Nkrumah said this is not the time for people to be unduly profiteering

President Akufo-Addo has directed the Attorney General to submit to Parliament emergency legislation over Covid-19. According to the President, the legislation will give backing to the various directives and steps being taken to prevent the spread of Covid-19. Addressing the nation

The Ministry of Health has announced that two cases of coronavirus infection (COVID-19) have been confirmed in Ghana. The cases, according to the Health Minister, Kwaku Agyeman-Manu, were confirmed on Thursday, March 12, 2020. Mr Agyeman-Manu explained that laboratory results from

As both the number of Coronavirus cases and deaths rise around the world, Ghana has so far remained an outlier in terms of fatalities. As of Wednesday 11th March, 2020, officials in the country had recorded 57 suspected cases of the disease